Diaspora
Yodael G Lyrics

So imma do this for my East African
I will do this song for the people from East Africa

Brothers and sisters
Both male and female members of the community

And uh for those who aren't
And also for those who do not belong to this community

Imma show y'all what it's like to be Habesha
I will demonstrate and explain what it means to be Habesha

Check
Pay attention and listen

So picture this a little African boy
Imagine a young boy from Africa

Who moved from Ethiopia to Windy City Illinois
He relocated from Ethiopia to the city of Chicago in Illinois

Large heart big forehead a bright kid
He has a kind and compassionate heart, a prominent forehead, and is intelligent

Hairline pushed back cuz his mom tried cutting it
His hairline is receding because his mom attempted to give him a haircut

And it didn't really work mom but like I still love you but don't ever touch my hair...for real
Although her intentions were good, the haircut didn't turn out well, but he still loves his mom and asks her not to touch his hair again

Big A** Head he's mega minded
He has a large head and is very intelligent

No I don't have pets as lions
He does not keep lions as pets

But really we not that primitive keep on trying
They may think we are primitive, but we are not, and they should keep trying to understand us better

Finally got cable stayed watching Nickelodeon
He recently got cable television and enjoys watching Nickelodeon

All the kids at school said do you speak Ethiopian
His classmates ask if he speaks Ethiopian, referring to his language

Ooh and Public school was the worst
Attending public school was not a pleasant experience

They'd always ask
They frequently asked him

Umm Do you know how to curse
If he knows how to use curse words in his language

In my language
In the language he speaks

Yeah
Yes

I told em nah and I ain't care that's when they stopped talking and they just stared
He replied with a 'no' and didn't care about their response, which made them stop talking and stare at him

Uh oh
Expressing a sense of concern or worry

I think they noticed
He believes they realized something

I think they really do
He strongly believes they truly noticed something

They started to smell the air and asked is that you
They began to sniff the air and questioned if he was the source of the smell

I said yea it was my cologne
He jokingly claims that it was his cologne causing the smell

I lied it was the food my mom made at home
In reality, it was the smell of the food his mom cooked at home

So now u know how I felt with a bad
Now you understand the experience I had with a poor

Hair-uh-line
Hairline

They say are you anime
People ask him if he is related to anime

No but I know Caroline
He doesn't have any connection to anime, but he knows someone named Caroline

Hands up if you felt like this
Raise your hand if you have felt like this

If a ferenj would ever try to go sneak diss
If a foreigner would try to insult us behind our backs

But yo
But you know

Hands up if you felt like this
Raise your hand if you have felt like this

If ze White man say he is not racist
If a white person claims they are not racist

But yo
But you know

Hands up if you felt like this
Raise your hand if you have felt like this

If nechoch had ever got you super pissed, yo
If someone from the community has made you very angry

Hands up if you felt like this
Raise your hand if you have felt like this

If ze White man made u say Ight that's it
If a white person caused you to reach your limit

I'm getting heated these niggas they wanna act up so they try to throw shade
He is becoming angry because certain individuals are provoking him with insults

How y'all gon' diss my own culture but try to go eat off the food that we made
He questions how they can disrespect his culture while still enjoying the food from his culture

Y'all niggas lame
He thinks these individuals are pathetic

Y'all Niggas fake
He believes these individuals are not genuine

Growin' up I always caught me this fade
During his childhood, he frequently received a physical punishment

Momma would smack me then on the next day
His mother would hit him, and the same cycle would repeat the next day

She'd tell my sister Gombesebay
His mother would inform his sister, Gombesebay

Then she's walk in my room she yellin' up in my face
Then his mother would enter his room and shout at him

Saying something like
Expressing that his mother said something similar to the following

I swear to God you gonna
Honest swear to God you are going to

you going over
You are crossing your limit

Always playing Bideo Game
Constantly playing video games

Bideo Game, Bideo Game every friday
Video game, video game every Friday

You no Read book Nothing
You don't read any books at all

you don't do nothing
You don't do anything

SH*** I swear to God
Curse word, swear to God

I'm Best friends With Ma daddy Belt
He has a close relationship with his father's belt

Cuz That's the only thing that I ever need
Because it is the only thing he requires

Ma Parents don't believe in a time out
His parents do not believe in the concept of a time out as discipline

So all I got was whoppings On my Qeet
Instead, he received physical punishment on his feet

I'm saying I'm a young black boy in the
He is expressing that he is a young black boy in the

Eshi ye bolé lij
I am a boy from the village

Yegna rapper
And I am a rapper

Min yemeslal
I am capable and talented

Cheberé
Understand

Na esti na na na na
Yes, it is me, yes, yes, yes

Ante neh BLACK
You don't know BLACK

Ante a-ante
You are not, you are not

Jiifeet
A term expressing disbelief

Ene ezi agher yemetawet
I am the one who fights for justice

Anten lemasadeg new enji
You didn't properly raise me this way

Lemetebelash adelem eshi
No need to make it harder, be easy

Jil
Stop it

Ante berun zega amedam
You are from a different generation

I Hate Some Habesha's
He dislikes certain individuals from the Habesha community

But I love my Race
However, he still loves his race